362 



. l///w7.s of the SoiUli African Jl/.sr /////. 



Three specimens, ranging from 229-253 mm. in length, from 

 Kimberley Eeservoir, Cape Province. 



Two specimens, 253 rnm. and 323 mm. in length respectively, from 

 Modder River, Cape Province. 



One specimen, 306 mm. in length, from Crocodile River, Transvaal 

 Province. Pretoria Museum. 



Two specimens, 88 mm. and 123 rnm. in length respectively, from 

 Durban Museum. 



One specimen, 438 mm. in length (locality unknown). 



13. LABEO UMBKATUS, A. Smith. 



Abrostomiis iimbratiis, A. Smith, 111. Zool. S. Africa, Fish., pi. xii., 

 fig. 1 (1841). 



Labco umbratus, Bouleng., Ann. and Mag. N.H. (7), xii., 1903, 

 p. 362, and Cat. Fresh. Fish. Africa, i., p. 339 (1909). 



Body compressed, its depth 3f to 4f times in total length exclud- 

 ing caudal, length of head 4 to 4-?- times. Head 1? to H times as 



FIG. 30. Labco iiiiibriitn*. . 



long as broad ; snout rounded, feebly prominent, shorter than post- 

 ocular portion of head, 2f to 3 times in length of head ; eye lateral, 

 5^ to nearly 6 times in length of head ; interorbital width -J- length of 

 head ; width of mouth, with lips, about ^ length of head ; lips rather 

 feebly developed, with rounded or conical papillae forming a fringe ; 

 two barbels on each side, about equal in length or the posterior one 

 shorter, less than diameter of eye. 



Dorsal iii 9 ; equidistant from nostril or eye and base of caudal, 

 upper edge concave, longest branched ray f to f^ length of head. 

 Anal iii 5 ; riot reaching root of caudal. Pectoral f to almost length 



